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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50 through.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant was impressed with whom at West Point?
(a) General Peterson.
(b) General Jackson.
(c) General Davies.
(d) General Scott.

2. Grant told a story about __________ that he said epitomized the man's character.
(a) Beauregard.
(b) Bragg.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Longstreet.

3. Grant was assigned to command the Military Division of _________________.
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Mississippi.

4. In Chapter 25, Grant said Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston was wounded at Shiloh and, refusing to give up his command because _________________, remained on his horse until he was so weak from loss of blood that he died.
(a) The wound was not severe.
(b) He was not willing to give up control.
(c) There was no one to take over.
(d) He wanted to beat the Union soldiers.

5. How does Grant feel about his involvement in the Mexican War?
(a) He remembers it fondly.
(b) He does not remember much of it.
(c) He regretted it.
(d) He relished in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a brief leave to go home, Grant wrote a letter to Adjutant-General Colonel L. Thomas, saying that he'd been educated at the government's expense and now wanted to do what?

2. On May 16, 1864, Grant sent a letter to Halleck, outlining the poor roads that had become impassable due to what?

3. As Grant made the journey, he encountered a Union loyalist, Mr. ___________, who said there were Confederates in the area and that a neighbor, a Southern sympathizer, was certain to report Grant's presence.

4. On May 22, Grant issued orders that scouts be sent out in search of what?

5. In Chapter 52, Grant detailed the battle at the Courthouse at _______________. Grant sent a letter to Major-General Halleck, Chief of Staff of the Army in Washington, outlining the casualties which he said probably approached twenty thousand Union troops and included eleven generals.

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